Mercedes Woolley, MS
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, Utah State University
Information
Mercedes Woolley is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Utah State University. She earned her BA in Psychology from Smith College in 2020. Over the past two years, she has served as a research coordinator on a clinical trial for misophonia funded by the Misophonia Research Fund. This work ignited her passion for misophonia research, leading to multiple projects aimed at improving the characterization and understanding of this disorder.
In 2023, Mercedes received a soQuiet Misophonia Student Research Grant to support her ongoing work. In addition to her focus on misophonia, Mercedes is broadly interested in exploring individual variability and employing person-centered, data-driven methodologies to develop tailored psychological interventions for diverse clinical presentations.
Notable Published Works
Audiological characteristics of a sample of adults with misophonia [December 2024] by Muñoz, K., Woolley, M. G., Velasquez, D., Ortiz, D., San Miguel, G. G., Petersen, J. M., & Twohig, M. P. [American Journal of Audiology]
Acceptance and commitment therapy versus progressive relaxation training for misophonia: Randomized controlled trial protocol, interventions, and audiological assessments [October 2024] by Bowers, E. M., Woolley, M. G., Muñoz, K., Petersen, J. M., & Twohig, M. P. [Contemporary Clinical Trials]
Clinical characteristics of a treatment seeking sample of adults with misophonia: Onset, course, triggers, context, and comorbidity [October 2024] by Woolley, M. G., Capel, L. K., Bowers, E. M., Petersen, J. M., Muñoz, K., & Twohig, M. P. [Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders]
Coming Soon
Psychosocial and Audiological Characteristics in Misophonia: An Interdisciplinary Comparison Study of Adults with Misophonia to Healthy Controls, by Woolley, M. G., Johnson, H., Bowers, E. M., Velasquez, D., Petersen, J. M., Muñoz, K., & Twohig, M. P. (under review).
Recognizing Individual Variability in Misophonia: Identifying Symptom-Based Subgroups with Gaussian Mixture Modeling, by Woolley, M. G., Ramos A.M., Bowers, E.M., Muñoz, K., Petersen, J. M., & Twohig, M. P. (under review).
Preliminary validation of a measure of psychological inflexibility for misophonia, by Capel, L. K., Bowers, E. M., Woolley, M. G., Petersen, J. M., Muñoz, K., & Twohig, M. P. (under review).